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Contents: Top · 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

[edit] A

• Frederick Augustus Abel (1826–1902) — Chemistry — [2]
• John Abernethy (1764–1831) — Medicine — [3]
• Franz Carl Achard (1753–1821) — Chemistry; Physics — [4]
• Walter Sydney Adams (1876–1956) — Astronomy — [5] †
• Louis Agassiz (1807–1873) — Geology; Biology — [6] [7] [8]
• Henri Francois d'Aguesseau (1668–1751) — Jurist — [9]
• George Biddell Airy (1801–1892) — Astronomy — [10] [11] [12]
• Bernard Siegfried Albinus (1697–1770) — Biology — [13]
• Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717–1783) — Physics; Mathematics — [14] [15] [16]
• Thomas Allen (1542–1632) — Mathematics — [17]
• André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836) — Mathematics; Chemistry; Physics — [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]
• Carl David Anderson (1905–1991) — Physics — [23] †
• John Anderson (1833–1900) — Geology; Biology — [24]
• Henry Andrews (1743–1820) — Astronomy — [25] †
• Peter Apian (1495–1552) — Astronomy; Geology — [26]
• François Arago (1786–1853) — Physics; Astronomy — [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34]
• Jean d'Arcet (1725–1801) — Chemistry; Geology; Medicine — [35] †
• Richard Arkwright (1732–1792) — Engineering — [36] [37] [38] [39]
• Svante Arrhenius (1859–1927) — Chemistry; Physics — [40]
• Francis William Aston (1877–1945) — Chemistry; Physics — [41] †

[edit] B

• Charles Babbage (1791–1871) — Mathematics — [42]
• Francis Bacon (1561–1626) — Physics — [43] [44] [45]
• Adolf von Baeyer (1835–1917) — Chemistry — [46]
• Jean Sylvain Bailly (1763–1793) — Astronomy — [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52]
• Joseph Banks (1743–1820) — Botany — [53] [54]
• Jean Philippe Baratier (1721–1740) — Mathematics — [55]
• John Barclay (1758–1826) — Biology — [56]
• Peter Barlow (1776–1862) — Mathematics; Physics — [57]
• Jacques Barrelier (1606–1673) — Biology — [58] †
• François de Barrême (1640–1703) — Mathematics — [59] †
• Isaac Barrow (1630–1677) — Mathematics — [60]
• Alexandre Edmond Becquerel (1820–1891) — Physics — [61]
• Antoine-Henri Becquerel (1852–1908) — Physics — [62]
• Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922) — Engineering — [63]
• Charles Bell (1774–1842) — Biology — [64]
• Jacob Bell (1810–1859) — Chemistry — [65] †
• Johann Friedrich Benzenberg (1777–1846) — Astronomy; Geology; Physics — [66] †
• Torbern Bergman (1735–1784) — Chemistry; Geology; Biology — [67]
• Claude Bernard (1813–1878) — Biology — [68]
• Daniel Bernoulli (1700–1782) — Biology; Mathematics; Physics — [69]
• Jean Bernoulli (1667–1748) — Mathematics — [70] [71] [72] [73] [74]
• Pierre Eugène Marcellin Berthelot (1827–1905) — Chemistry — [75]
• Claude Louis Berthollet (1748–1822) — Chemistry — [76] [77] [78]
• Jons Jakob Berzelius (1779–1848) — Chemistry — [79] [80] [81] [82]
• Henry Bessemer (1813–1898) — Engineering — [83] [84]
• Erastus Brigham Bigelow (1814–1879) — Industrialist; Science Patron — [85]
• Nicolas Bion (1652–1733) — Engineering — [86] †
• Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774–1862) — Physics — [87]
• Joseph Black (1728–1799) — Chemistry; Physics; Medicine — [88] [89] [90]
• Clarence John Blake (1843–1919) — Medicine — [91] †
• Marcus Eliesar Bloch (1723–1799) — Medicine; Biology — [92]
• Johann Elert Bode (1747–1826) — Astronomy — [93]
• Hermann Boerhaave (1668–1738) — Biology; Chemistry — [94] [95] [96] [97]
• Niels Henrik David Bohr (1885–1962) — Physics — [98]
• Ludwig Boltzmann (1844–1906) — Physics — [99]
• Bernard Bolzano (1781–1848) — Mathematics — [100]
• John Booker (1603–1667) — Astrology — [101] †
• Max Born (1882–1970) — Physics — [102]
• Charles Bossut (1730–1814) — Mathematics; Technology; Engineering — [103]
• John Bostock (1773–1846) — Chemistry — [104] †
• Johann Friedrich Böttger (1682–1719) — Chemistry — [105]
• Ismael Boulliau (1605–1694) — Astronomy; Mathematics — [106] [107] †
• Matthew Boulton (1728–1809) — Engineering — [108]
• Alexis Bouvard (1767–1843) — Astronomy — [109]
• Nathaniel Bowditch (1773–1838) — Astronomy — [110]
• Robert Boyle (1627–1691) — Chemistry; Physics — [111] [112] [113] [114] [115] [116] [117] [118] [119] [120] [121] [122]
• James Bradley (1693–1762) — Astronomy — [123] [124]
• Tycho Brahe (1546–1601) — Astronomy — [125] [126] [127] [128] [129] [130]
• William Thomas Brande (1788–1866) — Chemistry — [131] [132]
• Edouard Branly (1844–1940) — Physics — [133] †
• David Brewster (1781–1868) — Optics — [134] [135] [136] [137] [138] [139]
• James Brindley (1716–1772) — Engineering — [140]
• John Brinkley (1763–1835) — Astronomy; Mathematics — [141]
• Selig Brodetsky (1888–1954) — Mathematics — [142] †
• Benjamin Brodie (1783–1862) — Biology — [143]
• Louis-César-Victor-Maurice de Broglie (1875–1960) — Physics — [144] †
• Alexandre Brongniart (1770–1847) — Geology — [145] †
• John Charles Brooke (1748–1794) — Archaeology — [146] †
• Joshua Brookes (1761–1833) — Biology — [147] †
• John Brown (1819–1822) — Biology — [148]
• Thomas Brown (1778–1820) — Physics; Biology — [149]
• Franz Ernest Brückmann (1697–1753) — Medicine — [150] †
• Marc Brunel (1769–1849) — Engineering — [151] [152]
• William Buchan (1729–1805) — Medicine — [153] †
• Ludwig Friedrich Karl Christian Buechner (1824–1899) — Biology — [154]
• Christian Wilhem Buettner (1716–1801) — Biology — [155] †
• Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (1707–1788) — Biology — [156] [157]
• Robert Bunsen (1811–1899) — Chemistry — [158] [159]
• Jean Charles Burckhardt (1773–1825) — Astronomy; Mathematics — [160] [161] †
• Ogier Ghislain de Busbeck (1522–1592) — Biology — [162] †
• Friedrich Büthner (1622–1701) — Mathematics — [163] †
• William Butler (1535–1618) — Medicine — [164]

[edit] C

• Alessandro Cagliostro (1743–1795) — Alchemy — [165]
• John Caius (1510–1573) — Medicine — [166] [167]
• Leopoldo Marco Antonio Caldani (1725–1813) — Astronomy — [168]
• Octave Callandreau (1852–1904) — Mathematics; Astronomy — [169] †
• Joachim Camerarius (1534–1598) — Medicine — [170]
• Moritz Cantor (1829–1920) — Mathematics — [171]
• Anthony Carlisle (1768–1840) — Medicine — [172] †
• Lazare Carnot (1753–1823) — Physics; Engineering; Mathematics — [173] [174]
• Francis Howard Carr (1874–1969) — Chemistry — [175] †
• Charles Carroll (1737–1832) — Politics — [176]
• Edmund Cartwright (1743–1823) — Medicine — [177]
• Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625–1712) — Astronomy; Geodesy — [178] [179]
• Jean-Dominique Cassini (1748–1845) — Astronomy; Geodesy — [180] [181]
• Augustin Louis Cauchy (1789–1857) — Mathematics; Physics; Astronomy — [182] [183] [184] [185]
• Tiberius Cavallo (1749–1809) — Physics — [186]
• Arthur Cayley (1821–1895) — Mathematics; Astronomy — [187] [188] [189]
• Louis-Alexandre de Cessart (1719–1806) — Engineering — [190] †
• Claude Chappe (1763–1805) — Engineering — [191]
• Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal (1756–1832) — Chemistry — [192] [193] [194] [195] [196]
• Michel Chasles (1793–1880) — Mathematics — [197]
• Gabrielle-Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise du Châtelet (1706–1749) — Physics — [198]
• Michel Eugène Chevreul (1786–1889) — Chemistry; Medicine — [199]
• Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni (1756–1827) — Physics — [200] [201] [202]
• Robert Christison (1797–1882) — Medicine — [203] †
• Alexis Claude Clairaut (1713–1765) — Mathematics; Astronomy — [204]
• Christoph Clavius (1538–1612) — Mathematics; Astronomy — [205]
• Agnes Mary Clerke (1842–1907) — Astronomy — [206]
• Carolus Clusius (1526–1609) — Botany — [207]
• Cadwallader Colden (1688–1776) — Botany — [208]
• Peter Collinson (1694–1768) — Biology — [209]
• Christopher Columbus (1451–1506) — Exploration — [210] [211] [212]
• Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat Condorcet (1743–1794) — Mathematics — [213] [214]
• François-Alexandre-Henri Conneau (1803–1877) — Medicine — [215] †
• Hermann Conring (1606–1681) — Physics; Medicine — [216] †
• James Cook (1728–1779) — Exploration — [217] [218]
• Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) — Astronomy — [219] [220] [221] [222] [223] [224] [225] [226]
• Pierre Louis Antoine Cordier (1777–1861) — Geology; Engineering — [227] †
• George Costard (1710–1782) — Astronomy — [228] †
• Adam de Craponne (1527–1576) — Engineering — [229] †
• Samuel Crompton (1753–1827) — Invention — [230]
• William Crookes (1832–1919) — Chemistry; Physics — [231] [232]
• Marie Curie (1867–1934) — Physics — [233]
• James Curley (1796–1889) — Astronomy; Mathematics — [234]
• Georges Cuvier (1769–1832) — Zoology — [235] [236] [237] [238]

[edit] D

• Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre (1787–1851) — Photography — [239]
• John Dalton (1766–1844) — Physics; Chemistry; Meteorology — [240] [241]
• James Dwight Dana (1813–1895) — Geology — [242] [243]
• Vincenzo Dandolo (1758–1819) — Chemistry — [244] †
• Charles Robert Darwin (1809–1882) — Biology — [245]
• Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802) — Medicine; Botany; Engineering — [246] [247]
• George Howard Darwin (1845–1912) — Mathematics; Astronomy — [248]
• Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton (1716–1800) — Medicine; Geology — [249]
• William Davis (1771–1807) — Mathematics — [250]
• Humphry Davy (1778–1829) — Chemistry — [251] [252] [253] [254] [255] [256] [257] [258] [259] [260]
• John Dee (1527–1608) — Mathematics — [261] [262]
• Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (1749–1822) — Astronomy; Geodesy — [263] [264]
• Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799–1869) — Classics — [265]
• John Theophilus Desaguliers (1683–1744) — Physics — [266] [267]
• René Descartes (1596–1650) — Physics; Mathematics — [268] [269] [270]
• René Louiche Desfontaines (1751–1833) — Botany — [271]
• Nicolas Deyeux (1745–1837) — Medicine — [272] †
• Denis Diderot (1713–1784) — Encyclopedist — [273] [274]
• Kenelm Digby (1603–1665) — Physics — [275] [276] [277] [278] [279] [280]
• Thomas Dimsdale (1712–1800) — Medicine — [281] †
• Johann Wolfgang Doebereiner (1780–1849) — Chemistry — [282] [283]
• John Dollond (1706–1761) — Physics — [284]
• Déodat de Dolomieu (1750–1801) — Geology — [285] †
• Franciscus Cornelis Donders (1818–1889) — Medicine — [286] †
• Johan Gabriel Doppelmayr (1671–1750) — Astronomy; Mathematics; Physics — [287] †
• Heinrich Wilhelm Dove (1803–1879) — Meteorology; Physics — [288] [289] †
• Paul Drude (1863–1906) — Physics — [290] †
• Johann Dryander (1500–1560) — Mathematics; Medicine — [291] †
• Robert Dudley (1574–1649) — Engineering — [292]
• Perre Louis Dulong (1785–1838) — Chemistry; Physics — [293] †
• Jean-Baptiste Dumas (1800–1884) — Chemistry — [294] [295]
• André Marie Constant Dumeril (1774–1860) — Zoology; Medicine — [296] †
• Thomas Cochrane Dundonald (1775–1860) — Military — [297] [298]
• Charles Dupin (1784–1873) — Mathematics; Economics — [299] †

[edit] E

• Arthur Stanley Eddington (1882–1944) — Astronomy — [300]
• Paul Ehrenfest (1880–1933) — Physics — [301]
• Tatjana Ehrenfest-Afanassjewa (1876–1964) — Mathematics — [302]
• Paul Ehrlich (1854–1915) — Medicine — [303]
• Albert Einstein (1879–1955) — Physics — [304] [305] [306] [307] [308] [309]
• Wilhelm Friedrich Eisenlohr (1799–1872) — Physics — [310] †
• Havelock Ellis (1859–1939) — Psychology; Biology — [311] †
• Johann Franz Encke (1791–1865) — Astronomy — [312]
• Henry Englefield (1752–1822) — Astronomy; Botany — [313] †
• Karl Oswald Victor Engler (1842–1925) — Chemistry — [314] †
• Desiderius Erasmus (1469–1536) — Humanist — [315]
• Andreas von Ettingshausen (1796–1878) — Physics; Medicine — [316] †
• Leonhard Euler (1707–1783) — Mathematics; Astronomy; Physics — [317] [318] [319] [320]
• John Evans (1680–1730) — Astrology — [321] †
• Oliver Evans (1755–1819) — Engineering — [322]
• Johann Albert Eytelwein (1764–1848) — Engineering — [323] †

[edit] F

• Guy Crescent Fagon (1638–1718) — Botany; Medicine — [324] †
• Michael Faraday (1791–1867) — Chemistry; Physics — [325] [326] [327] [328] [329] [330] [331]
• Hervé Faye (1814–1902) — Astronomy; Geodesy — [332]
• Gustav Theodor Fechner (1801–1887) — Physics — [333]
• James Ferguson (1710–1776) — Astronomy; Scientific Instruments — [334] [335] [336]
• Jean François Fernel (1497–1558) — Medicine — [337] †
• Cyrus West Field (1819–1892) — Science Patron — [338]
• Oronce Fine (1494–1555) — Mathematics; Geography — [339] [340] †
• Armande-Hippolyte-Louis Fizeau (1819–1896) — Physics — [341] [342]
• Camille Flammarion (1842–1925) — Astronomy — [343] [344] †
• John Flamsteed (1646–1719) — Astronomy — [345]
• Robert Fludd (1574–1637) — Alchemy — [346] [347]
• Martin Folkes (1690–1754) — Antiquities — [348]
• Simon Forman (1552–1611) — Medicine; Astrology — [349] †
• Antoine-François de Fourcroy (1755–1809) — Chemistry; Medicine — [350] [351] [352] [353] [354]
• Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (1768–1830) — Mathematics; Physics — [355] [356]
• George Fownes (1815–1849) — Chemistry — [357] †
• John Wakefield Francis (1789–1861) — Medicine — [358] †
• James Franck (1882–1964) — Physics — [359] †
• Adolph Frank (1834–1916) — Chemistry — [360] †
• Edward Frankland (1825–1899) — Chemistry — [361]
• Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) — Physics — [362] [363]
• John Franklin (1786–1847) — Exploration — [364] [365]
• Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787–1826) — Physics; Scientific Instruments — [366]
• Edmond Fremy (1814–1894) — Chemistry — [367] [368]
• Augustin Jean Fresnel (1788–1827) — Physics — [369]
• Robert Fulton (1765–1808) — Engineering — [370] [371] [372]

[edit] G

• John Gadbury (1627–1704) — Astrology — [373] [374] †
• François-Benjamin Gaillon (1782–1839) — Biology — [375] †
• Franz Joseph Gall (1758–1828) — Medicine — [376]
• Pierre Gassendi (1592–1655) — Physics; Astronomy — [377]
• Luca Gaurico (1476–1558) — Mathematics; Astronomy; Astrology — [378] †
• Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855) — Mathematics — [379] [380] [381]
• Henri Gautier (1660–1737) — Engineering — [382] †
• Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778–1850) — Chemistry; Physics — [383] [384] [385]
• Cornelius Gemma (1535–1579) — Medicine; Astronomy — [386] †
• Frisius Gemma (1508–1555) — Mathematics — [387] †
• Johannes Gesner (1709–1790) — Botany; Geology — [388] †
• Davies Gilbert (1767–1839) — Engineering; Science Patron — [389] †
• Pierre-Simon Girard (1765–1836) — Engineering — [390] †
• Stephen Girard (1750–1831) — Banker — [391]
• John Hall Gladstone (1827–1902) — Chemistry — [392] †
• James Glaisher (1809–1903) — Meteorology — [393]
• Leopold Gmelin (1788–1853) — Chemistry — [394]
• Ambrose Godfrey (1660–1741) — Chemistry — [395] †
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) — Biology; Geology; Physics — [396]
• Thomas Graham (1805–1869) — Chemistry; Physics — [397] [398]
• James Gregory (1638–1675) — Mathematics; Physics; Astronomy — [399]
• Olinthus Gregory (1774–1841) — Mathematics — [400] [401]
• William Gregory (1803–1858) — Chemistry; Biology — [402] †
• Nehemiah Grew (1641–1712) — Biology — [403]
• William Robert Grove (1811–1896) — Physics; Chemistry — [404] [405] [406]
• Franz Paula von Gruithuisen (1774–1852) — Medicine; Astronomy — [407]
• Simon Grynaus (1493–1541) — Geography — [408] †
• Otto von Guericke (1602–1686) — Engineering; Physics — [409] [410]

[edit] H

• Samuel Hahnemann (1755–1843) — Medicine; Chemistry — [411] [412]
• Matthew Hale (1609–1676) — Mathematics; Jurist — [413] †
• Stephen Hales (1677–1761) — Biology — [414]
• Henry Halford (1766–1844) — Medicine — [415] †
• Albrecht von Haller (1708–1777) — Anatomy — [416] [417] [418] [419]
• Edmund Halley (1656–1742) — Astronomy; Geophysics — [420] [421]
• Christopher Hansteen (1784–1873) — Physics; Astronomy — [422]
• Robert Hare (1781–1858) — Chemistry — [423] †
• John Harrison (1693–1776) — Scientific Instruments — [424]
• William Harvey (1578–1657) — Medicine — [425] [426] [427] [428]
• René Just Haüy (1743–1822) — Geology — [429] [430]
• Oliver Heaviside (1850–1925) — Physics — [431]
• Werner Heisenberg (1901–1976) — Physics — [432]
• Lorenz Heister (1683–1758) — Anatomy — [433] †
• Hermann von Helmholtz (1821–1894) — Physics — [434] [435]
• Joseph Henry (1797–1878) — Physics — [436]
• Jean Hermann (1738–1800) — Medicine; Botany; Chemistry — [437] †
• John Frederick William Herschel (1792–1871) — Astronomy; Physics; Chemistry — [438] [439] [440] [441]
• William Herschel (1738–1822) — Astronomy — [442] [443]
• Johan van Heurne (1543–1603) — Medicine — [444] †
• Johannes Hevelius (1611–1687) — Astronomy — [445]
• Urban Hiarne (1641–1724) — Medicine; Chemistry — [446] †
• Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) — Physics — [447]
• James Hodgson (1672–1755) — Mathematics — [448] †
• Hanns Hoerbiger (1860–1931) — Engineering; Astronomy — [449] †
• Friedrich Hoffmann (1660–1742) — Medicine — [450] [451]
• August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818–1892) — Chemistry — [452] [453]
• Robert William Holley (1922–1993) — Biochemistry — [454] †
• Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911) — Botany — [455] [456]
• Eben Norton Horsford (1818–1893) — Chemistry — [457] †
• Joseph Huddart (1741–1816) — Geology — [458] †
• David Edward Hughes (1831–1900) — Engineering — [459] †
• Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) — Biology; Geology — [460] [461] [462] [463] [464] [465] [466]
• William Hunter (1718–1783) — Anatomy — [467]
• Charles Hutton (1737–1823) — Mathematics — [468]
• John Huxham (1692–1768) — Medicine — [469] [470] †
• Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895) — Biology — [471] [472] [473]
• Christiaan Huygens (1629–1695) — Mathematics; Physics — [474]

[edit] I

[edit] J

• Karl Gustav Jakob Jacobi (1804–1851) — Mathematics — [475]
• Moritz Hermann Jacobi (1801–1874) — Physics — [476] †
• Joseph-Marie Jacquard (1752–1834) — Engineering — [477]
• Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin (1727–1817) — Medicine — [478]
• Robert Jameson (1774–1854) — Geology — [479]
• Edme-Sébastien Jeaurat (1724–1803) — Astronomy; Engineering; Geography — [480] †
• Edward Jenner (1749–1823) — Medicine — [481] [482]
• William Jenner (1815–1898) — Medicine — [483]
• David Starr Jordan (1851–1931) — Zoology — [484]
• Hadrianus Junius (1511–1575) — Medicine — [485] [486] †
• Bernard de Jussieu (1699–1777) — Botany — [487]

[edit] K

• Abraham Gotthelf Kaestner (1719–1800) — Mathematics — [488] [489]
• Robert Kane (1809–1890) — Chemistry — [490]
• Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) — Physics — [491] [492] [493]
• August Kekule (1829–1896) — Chemistry — [494]
• William Thomson, Baron Kelvin (1824–1907) — Physics — [495] [496] [497] [498] [499] [500]
• Johannes Kepler (1571–1630) — Astronomy; Physics — [501] [502] [503] [504]
• Athanasius Kircher (1602–1680) — Mathematics; Physics; Chemistry — [505] [506]
• Gustav Kirchhoff (1824–1887) — Physics — [507]
• Martin Heinrich Klapproth (1743–1817) — Chemistry — [508] [509]
• Gowin Knight (1713–1772) — Physics — [510] †
• Emanuel Konig (1658–1731) — Physics; Medicine — [511] †
• Niklas Kratzer (1487–1550) — Mathematics; Astronomy — [512] †
• Johannes Kunckel (1631–1703) — Chemistry — [513] †

[edit] L

• Joseph Louis Lagrange (1736–1813) — Physics; Astronomy; Mathematics — [514] [515]
• Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande (1732–1807) — Astronomy — [516] [517] [518] [519] [520]
• Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728–1777) — Mathematics; Physics; Astronomy — [521]
• Jean Vincent Félix Lamouroux (1779–1825) — Biology — [522] †
• Michel-Ange Lancret (1774–1807) — Mathematics; Architecture — [523] †
• Pierre Simon Laplace (1749–1827) — Mathematics; Physics; Astronomy — [524] [525] [526] [527] [528] [529]
• Dominique Jean Larrey (1776–1842) — Medicine — [530]
• André Laugier (1770–1832) — Chemistry — [531] †
• Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794) — Chemistry — [532] [533] [534]
• John Bennet Lawes (1814–1900) — Agriculture — [535]
• Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723) — Biology — [536]
• Adrien Marie Legendre (1752–1833) — Mathematics — [537]
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) — Mathematics — [538] [539] [540] [541]
• Claude Hughes Lelièvre (1752–1835) — Geology — [542] †
• Emil Khristianovich Lenz (1804–1865) — Physics; Geology — [543] †
• John Leslie (1766–1832) — Physics — [544] [545] [546]
• Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805–1894) — Engineering — [547] [548]
• Antoine-Jean Letronne (1787–1848) — Geography — [549]
• Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–1799) — Physics — [550]
• Justus Liebig (1803–1873) — Chemistry — [551] [552] [553] [554] [555]
• William Lilly (1602–1681) — Medicine — [556]
• James Ludovic, Lord Lindsay (1847–1913) — Astronomy — [557] †
• Carl von Linné (1707–1778) — Biology; Geology; Medicine — [558] [559] [560] [561] [562] [563] [564] [565]
• Fritz Albert Lipmann (1899–1986) — Biochemistry — [566]
• Joseph Nicolas de L'Isle (1688–1768) — Astronomy — [567] †
• Friedrich List (1789–1846) — Economics — [568]
• John Locke (1632–1704) — Physics — [569] [570]
• Oliver Lodge (1851–1940) — Physics — [571]
• Roger Long (1680–1770) — Astronomy — [572]
• John Lubbock (1834–1913) — Biology; Anthropology — [573] [574]
• Paul Luther (1533–1593) — Medicine; Chemistry — [575] †
• Charles Lyell (1797–1875) — Geology; Biology — [576]

[edit] M

• Colin MacLaurin (1698–1746) — Mathematics — [577] [578]
• Johann Heinrich Mädler (1794–1874) — Astronomy — [579]
• Michael Maestlin (1550–1631) — Astronomy; Mathematics — [580] †
• Gustav Magnus (1802–1870) — Chemistry; Physics — [581]
• Dortous de Mairan (1678–1771) — Physics — [582] [583] †
• Conrad Malte-Brun (1775–1826) — Geography — [584]
• Etienne Louis Malus (1775–1812) — Physics — [585]
• Eustachio Manfredi (1674–1739) — Astronomy; Hydraulics — [586] †
• James Jay Mapes (1806–1866) — Chemistry — [587] †
• Jean-Paul Marat (1743–1793) — Medicine — [588] [589]
• Guglielmo Marconi (1874–1937) — Engineering; Physics — [590] [591] [592]
• Benjamin Martin (1705–1782) — Physics — [593] †
• Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850–1937) — Philosophy — [594]
• Nevil Maskelyne (1732–1811) — Astronomy — [595] [596] [597]
• Claude Louis Mathieu (1783–1875) — Astronomy — [598] †
• Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698–1759) — Mathematics; Biology; Physics — [599] [600] [601] [602]
• Hiram Stevens Maxim (1840–1916) — Invention — [603] [604]
• James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879) — Physics — [605] [606] [607]
• Julius Robert von Mayer (1814–1878) — Physics — [608]
• Walther Mayer (1887–1948) — Mathematics — [609] †
• John Mayow (1641–1679) — Medicine; Chemistry — [610]
• Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809–1884) — Agriculture — [611]
• Donald McKay (1810–1880) — Engineering — [612]
• Samuel M'Clellan (1800–1853) — Anatomy — [613] †
• Richard Mead (1673–1754) — Medicine — [614]
• Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560) — Mathematics — [615]
• Daniel Melanderhjelm (1726–1810) — Astronomy — [616] †
• Gregor Mendel (1822–1884) — Biology — [617]
• Franz Anton Mesmer (1734–1815) — Medicine — [618]
• Lothar Meyer (1830–1895) — Chemistry — [619]
• Albert Abraham Michelson (1852–1931) — Physics — [620] [621]
• Hugh Middleton (c. 1560–1643) — Engineering — †
• Robert Andrews Millikan (1868–1953) — Physics — [622] [623]
• Hermann Minkowski (1864–1909) — Mathematics — [624]
• Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel (1776–1854) — Botany — [625] = Image:Charles-François Brisseau-Mirbel.jpg
• Richard von Mises (1883–1953) — Mathematics; Engineering — [626]
• Samuel Latham Mitchill (1764–1831) — Biology; Geology — [627]
• Eilhard Mitscherlich (1794–1863) — Chemistry — [628] [629] [630] †
• Gaspard Monge (1746–1818) — Mathematics; Chemistry; Physics — [631] [632] [633] [634] [635]
• Edward Montagu (1625–1672) — Geology — [636]
• Geminiano Montanari (1633–1687) — Astronomy — [637]
• Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier (1745–1799) — Aeronautics — [638] [639]
• Jean-Étienne Montucla (1725–1799) — Mathematics — [640] †
• Campbell Morfit (1820–1897) — Chemistry — [641] †
• Jean Baptiste Morin (1583–1656) — Medicine — [642] †
• Samuel Morland (1625–1695) — Mathematics — [643]
• Jedidiah Morse (1761–1826) — Geography — [644]
• Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791–1872) — Engineering — [645] [646] [647] [648] [649] [650] [651]
• Joseph Rudolph Albert Mousson (1805–1890) — Physics — [652] †
• Ronald Impey Murchison (1792–1871) — Geology — [653] [654] [655] †
• William Murdoch (1754–1834) — Engineering — [656]
• Sheridan Muspratt (1821–1871) — Chemistry — [657] †

[edit] N

• Felix Nadar (1820–1910) — Photography; Aeronautics — [658] = image:Felix_Nadar.jpg
• John Napier (1550–1617) — Mathematics — [659]
• Robert Napier (1791–1876) — Engineering — [660] = Image:Robert_Napier_(engineer).jpg
• James Nasmyth (1808–1890) — Astronomy; Engineering — [661]
• Gabriel Naude (1600–1653) — Bibliography; Medicine — [662] = Image:Gabriel_Naude.jpg †
• Walther Nernst (1864–1941) — Chemistry — [663] [664] [665]
• Simon Newcomb (1835–1909) — Astronomy — [666] [667]
• Isaac Newton (1642–1727) — Physics; Mathematics; Astronomy — [668] [669] [670] [671] [672] [673] [674] [675] [676] [677] [678]
• Peter Nicholson (1765–1844) — Mathematics; Architecture — [679] = image:Peter_Nicholson.jpg †
• Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833–1896) — Chemistry — [680]
• Leopoldo Nobili (1784–1835) — Physics — [681]
• Jean-Antoine, abbé Nollet (1700–1770) — Physics — [682] = image:Jean-Antoine_Nollet.jpg †

[edit] O

• Hermann Oberth (1894–1989) — Physics — [683]
• Wilhelm Olbers (1758–1840) — Astronomy; Medicine — [684]
• Denison Olmsted (1791–1859) — Physics; Astronomy — [685]
• Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila (1787–1853) — Chemistry; Physics — [686] [687] [688]
• Barnaba Oriani (1752–1832) — Astronomy — [689]
• Hans Christian Ørsted (1777–1851) — Physics — [690] [691] [692] [693] [694]
• Abraham Ortelius (1527–1598) — Geography — [695] [696]
• Wilhelm Ostwald (1853–1932) — Chemistry — [697]
• Richard Owen (1804–1892) — Medicine; Paleontology — [698] [699] [700]

[edit] P

• Paul Painlevé (1863–1933) — Mathematics — [701]
• Johann Georg Palitzsch (1723–1788) — Astronomy; Astrology; Physics — [702] [703]
• Samuel Parkes (1759–1825) — Chemistry — [704] [705]
• John Parkinson (1567–1650) — Botany; Medicine — [706] †
• Charles Algernon Parsons (1854–1931) — Engineering — [707]
• Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) — Mathematics; Physics — [708] [709]
• Louis Pasteur (1822–1895) — Chemistry — [710] [711]
• Linus Pauling (1901–1994) — Chemistry; Physics — [712]
• Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580–1637) — Mathematics; Astronomy — [713] [714]
• John Pender (1816–1896) — Engineering — [715] †
• Johann Friedrich Penther (1693–1749) — Mathematics; Economics — [716] †
• Claude Perrault (1613–1688) — Biology; Medicine — [717]
• Jean Petitot (1607–1691) — Art — [718] †
• William Petty (1623–1687) — Economics; Geography — [719]
• Joseph Petzval (1807–1891) — Mathematics — [720] †
• Kaspar Peucer (1525–1602) — Mathematics; Medicine — [721] †
• Philip Syng Physick (1768–1837) — Medicine — [722]
• Giuseppe Piazzi (1746–1846) — Astronomy — [723]
• Marc-Auguste Pictet (1752–1825) — Physics — [724] †
• Max Planck (1858–1947) — Physics — [725]
• John Playfair (1748–1819) — Mathematics; Geology — [726]
• Lyon Playfair, Baron Playfair (1818–1898) — Chemistry — [727] [728] [729]
• Julius Plucker (1801–1868) — Mathematics; Physics — [730]
• Johann Christian Poggendorff (1796–1877) — Physics — [731]
• Henri Poincaré (1854–1912) — Mathematics — [732] [733]
• Louis Poinsot (1777–1859) — Mathematics; Physics — [734]
• Siméon-Denis Poisson (1781–1840) — Mathematics — [735] [736]
• Jean Victor Poncelet (1788–1867) — Mathematics; Engineering — [737]
• Gustave de Pontecoulant (1795–1874) — Astronomy — [738] †
• Josef Popper-Lynkeus (1838–1921) — Aeronautics — [739] †
• John Pordage (1607–1681) — Medicine; Astrology — [740] †
• Claude Servais Mathias Pouillet (1790–1868) — Physics; Engineering — [741] [742]
• Johann Praetorius (1537–1616) — Mathematics — [743] †
• Joseph Priestley (1733–1804) — Chemistry; Physics — [744] [745]
• Claude Antoine Prieur-Duvernois (1763–1832) — Engineering — [746]
• John Pringle (1707–1782) — Medicine — [747]
• Richard Anthony Proctor (1837–1888) — Astronomy — [748] [749]
• Gaspard-François-Clair-Marie Riche, Baron de Prony (1755–1839) — Engineering; Mathematics — [750]
• Richard Pulteney (1730–1801) — Botany — [751] = image:Richard_Pulteney.jpg †
• Michael I. Pupin (1858–1935) — Physics — [752]
• Jan Evangelista Purkyne (1787–1869) — Medicine — [753]
• Pythagoras (580 BCE–500 BCE) — Mathematics; Astronomy —

[edit] Q

[edit] R

• Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898–1988) — Physics — [754] †
• John Radcliffe (1650–1714) — Medicine — [755]
• Walter Raleigh (1552–1618) — Exploration — [756] [757]
• David Ramsay (1749–1815) — Medicine — [758]
• William Ramsay (1852–1916) — Chemistry — [759]
• Petrus Ramus (1515–1572) — Mathematics; Astronomy; Physics — [760] [761]
• François-Vincent Raspail (1794–1878) — Biology; Medicine — [762] †
• Walther Rathenau (1867–1922) — Industrialist; Electrical Engineering — [763]
• John Ray (1627–1705) — Biology — [764]
• René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683–1757) — Mathematics; Engineering; Biology — [765]
• Francesco Redi (1626–1698) — Medicine — [766]
• Abraham Rees (1743–1825) — Encyclopedist — [767]
• Johannes Regiomontanus (1436–1476) — Astronomy; Mathematics — [768]
• Victor Regnault (1810–1878) — Chemistry; Physics — [769]
• Karl Reichenbach (1788–1869) — Biology — [770] †
• John Rennie (1794–1874) — Engineering — [771] [772]
• Josef Ressel (1793–1857) — Physics — [773] [774]
• Franz Reuleaux (1829–1905) — Engineering — [775]
• Henry Revell Reynolds (1745–1811) — Medicine — [776] †
• Mark Ridley (1560–1624) — Medicine — [777] †
• Bernhard Riemann (1826–1866) — Mathematics — [778]
• Antoine Risso (1777–1845) — Biology — [779] †
• David Rittenhouse (1732–1796) — Engineering; Astronomy — [780] [781]
• Alexis Rochon (1741–1817) — Astronomy — [782] †
• Jacques Rohault (1620–1675) — Physics — [783] †
• Henry Enfield Roscoe (1833–1915) — Chemistry — [784]
• Heinrich Rose (1795–1864) — Chemistry — [785]
• William Parsons, Earl of Rosse (1800–1867) — Astronomy — [786]
• Henry Augustus Rowland (1848–1901) — Physics — [787] [788]
• William Roxburgh (1751–1815) — Botany — [789] = Image:William Roxburgh.jpg
• Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (1753–1814) — Physics — [790]
• Prince, Count Palatine Rupert (1619–1682) — Physics; Military — [791] [792] [793]
• Benjamin Rush (1746–1813) — Medicine; Chemistry — [794] [795]
• Henry Chamberlaine Russell (1836–1907) — Astronomy; Meteorology — [796] †
• Ernest Rutherford (1871–1937) — Physics; Chemistry — [797]
• Lewis Morris Rutherfurd (1816–1892) — Astronomy — [798] †
• Frederik Ruysch (1638–1731) — Botany; Medicine — [799]

[edit] S

• Balthazar Georges Sage (1740–1824) — Geology; Chemistry — [800] [801] †
• Jules Barthélemy Saint-Hilaire (1805–1895) — Classics — [802]
• William Salmon (1644–1713) — Medicine — [803] †
• Jacques-Noël Sané (1740–1831) — Engineering — [804] †
• Paolo Sarpi (1552–1623) — Physics — [805]
• Nicholas Saunderson (1682–1739) — Mathematics — [806] [807]
• Joseph Saxton (1799–1873) — Scientific Instruments — [808] [809] [810] †
• Joseph Juste Scaliger (1540–1609) — Classics — [811]
• John Martin Schaeberle (1853–1924) — Astronomy — [812]
• Carl Bernhard Wilhelm Scheibler (1827–1899) — Chemistry — [813] †
• Ernst Christian Julius Schering (1824–1889) — Mathematics — [814] †
• Rudolf William Schmitt (1830–1898) — Chemistry — [815] †
• Christian Schönbein (1799–1868) — Chemistry — [816]
• Johann Schöner (1477–1547) — Astronomy; Geography — [817] †
• Christoph Schorer (1618–1671) — Medicine — [818] †
• Erwin Schrödinger (1887–1961) — Physics — [819]
• Johann Hieronymus Schröter (1745–1816) — Astronomy — [820]
• Anton, Ritter von Kristelli Schrötter (1802–1875) — Chemistry — [821] †
• Heinrich Christian Schumacher (1780–1850) — Astronomy; Geodesy — [822]
• Daniel Schwenter (1585–1636) — Mathematics — [823] [824] †
• Glenn Theodore Seaborg (1912–1999) — Chemistry — [825]
• Angelo Secchi (1818–1878) — Astronomy — [826]
• Johann Andreas von Segner (1704–1777) — Mathematics; Physics — [827] †
• Alois Senefelder (1771–1834) — Invention — [828] [829]
• George Shaw (1751–1813) — Biology — [830]
• Friedrich Siemens (1826–1904) — Invention; Engineering — [831] †
• Werner von Siemens (1816–1892) — Electrical Engineering — [832] [833]
• Wilhelm Siemens (1823–1883) — Engineering — [834] †
• Igor Ivan Sikorsky (1889–1972) — Aeronautics — [835]
• Benjamin Silliman (1779–1864) — Chemistry; Geology — [836] [837]
• Hans Sloane (1660–1753) — Medicine; Biology — [838] [839]
• John Smeaton (1724–1792) — Engineering — [840] [841]
• William Smith (1769–1839) — Geology — [842] †
• Arthur Smithells (1860–1939) — Chemistry — [843] †
• Willebrord Snellius (1580–1626) — Mathematics; Physics; Astronomy — [844] †
• Samuel Thomas von Soemmering (1755–1830) — Medicine — [845] [846] †
• James Sowerby (1757–1822) — Biology; Geology — [847]
• Herbert Spencer (1820–1903) — Physics; Biology — [848] [849] [850]
• Henry Morton Stanley (1841–1904) — Exploration — [851]
• Jozef Stefan (1835–1893) — Physics — [852]
• Carl August Steinheil (1801–1870) — Physics; Astronomy — [853] [854] [855] [856] †
• George Stephenson (1781–1848) — Engineering — [857] [858]
• Robert Stephenson (1803–1859) — Engineering — [859]
• Dugald Stewart (1753–1828) — Physics; Mathematics — [860]
• George Gabriel Stokes (1819–1903) — Physics; Mathematics — [861]
• Leonhard Christoph Sturm (1669–1719) — Mathematics; Engineering — [862] †
• Johann Georg Sulzer (1720–1779) — Physics — [863] †
• Thomas Sydenham (1624–1689) — Medicine — [864] [865] [866]
• James Joseph Sylvester (1814–1897) — Mathematics — [867]

[edit] T

• Niccolò Tartaglia (1499–1557) — Mathematics — [868]
• Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605–1689) — Exploration — [869]
• Alfred Swaine Taylor (1806–1880) — Chemistry — [870] = image:Alfred_Swaine_Taylor.jpg †
• John Taylor (1703–1772) — Medicine — [871] †
• Hermann Friedrich Teichmeyer (1685–1744) — Physics; Chemistry; Medicine — [872] = image:Hermann_Friedrich_Teichmeyer.jpg †
• William Thaw (1818–1889) — Science Patron — [873] = image:William_Thaw.jpg †
• Louis Jacques Thénard (1777–1857) — Chemistry — [874]
• Hans Peter Jörgen Julius Thomsen (1826–1909) — Chemistry — [875] = image:Hans_Peter_Jörgen_Julius_Thomsen.jpg
• André Thouin (1747–1824) — Botany — [876] = image:André_Thouin.jpg †
• Gaston Tissandier (1843–1899) — Aeronautics — [877]
• Johann Daniel Titius (1729–1796) — Mathematics; Physics — [878]
• Abraham Trembley (1710–1784) — Zoology — [879]
• Anne-Robert-Jacques, baron de l'Aulne Turgot (1727–1781) — Economics — [880]
• Daniel Turner (1667–1741) — Medicine — [881] = image:Daniel_Turner.jpg †
• John Tyndall (1820–1893) — Physics — [882] [883] [884] [885] [886] [887]
• Thomas Tyrer (1844–1918) — Chemistry — [888] = image:Thomas_Tyrer.jpg †

[edit] U

• Francis Robbins Upton (1852–1921) — Mathematics; Physics — [889] †
• Bramante Urbino (1444–1514) — Architecture — [890] †
• Andrew Ure (1778–1857) — Chemistry — [891] = image:Andrew_Ure.jpg

[edit] V

• Martin Vahl (1744–1804) — Botany — [892]
• Pierre Varignon (1654–1722) — Mathematics; Physics — [893]
• Jacques de Vaucanson (1709–1782) — Physics — [894]
• Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (1763–1829) — Chemistry — [895]
• Georg, Freiherr von Vega (1754–1802) — Mathematics — [896] = image:Georg_Vega.jpg
• Giovanni Battista Venturi (1746–1822) — Physics — [897]
• Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564) — Medicine — [898] [899]
• Amerigo Vespucci (1451–1512) — Exploration; Geography — [900] [901]
• François Viète (1540–1603) — Mathematics — [902]
• François Villette (1621–1698) — Engineering — [903] = image:Francois_Villette.jpg †
• Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow (1821–1902) — Medicine; Anthropology — [904] [905] [906]
• Vincenzio Viviani (1622–1703) — Mathematics — [907] = image:Vincenzio_Viviani.jpg †
• Edward William Voelcker (1857–1930) — Chemistry — [908] = image:Edward_William_Voelcker.jpg †
• Alessandro Volta (1745–1827) — Physics — [909]
• Zanino Volta (1795–1869) — Physics — [910] = image:Zanino_Volta.jpg †
• Gerardus Joannes Vossius (1577–1649) — Physics — [911]
• Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527–c. 1604) — Architecture — image:Hans_Vredeman_de_Vries.jpg †

[edit] W

• Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837–1923) — Physics — [912]
• Francis Amasa Walker (1840–1897) — Mathematics; Economics — [913] = image:Francis_Amasa_Walker.jpg
• John Wallis (1616–1703) — Mathematics — [914] [915]
• Emil Gabriel Warburg (1846–1931) — Physics — [916] = image:Emil_Gabriel_Warburg.jpg †
• Joshua Ward (1685–1761) — Medicine; Chemistry — [917] = image:Joshua_Ward.jpg †
• Seth Ward (1617–1689) — Astronomy — [918]
• William Watson (1715–1787) — Physics; Botany; Medicine — [919] [920]
• James Watt (1736–1819) — Engineering; Chemistry — [921] [922] [923] [924] [925] [926] [927]
• Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804–1891) — Physics — [928]
• Karl Weierstrass (1815–1897) — Mathematics — [929]
• Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749–1817) — Geology — [930] [931]
• Edward Weston (1850–1936) — Chemistry; Physics — [932]
• Hermann Weyl (1885–1955) — Mathematics — [933]
• Charles Wheatstone (1802–1875) — Physics — [934] [935] [936] [937]
• William Whewell (1794–1866) — Physics — [938]
• William Whiston (1667–1752) — Mathematics — [939]
• Thomas Willis (1621–1675) — Medicine — [940]
• Richard Willstatter (1872–1942) — Chemistry — [941]
• Wilhelm Wirtinger (1865–1945) — Mathematics — [942] = image:Wilhelm_Wirtinger.jpg †
• Caspar Wistar (1761–1818) — Anatomy — [943] = image:Caspar_Wistar.jpg
• Friedrich Wöhler (1800–1882) — Chemistry — [944] [945]
• Christian, Freiherr von Wolff (1679–1754) — Physics; Mathematics — [946] [947] = image:Christian Freiherr von Wolff.jpg
• William Hyde Wollaston (1766–1878) — Chemistry; Physics; Medicine — [948] [949] [950]
• Thomas Wright (1711–1786) — Astronomy — [951]

[edit] X

[edit] Y

• Thomas Young (1773–1829) — Physics — [952] [953]

[edit] Z

• Franz Xaver, Freiherr von Zach (1754–1832) — Astronomy — [954]
• Johann Zeisold (1599–1677) — Physics — [955] = image:Johann_Zeisold.jpg †
• Ferdinand, Graf von Zeppelin (1838–1917) — Aeronautics — [956]